The Review that is awaited by many with bated breath is due back in Council in September.

Mr Day coyly refers to:

"Early indications from the consultants reveal that the "as is" state of our IT activities are not yet up to industry best-practice."

Well that is hardly a surprise. Hopefully it will not be too long before this can be updated in a more positive manner.

More particularly:

"Recruitment processes have started to investigate installing a new senior leadership team within I.T. to ensure implementation of any major change within the activity can be led by a new group of IT professionals within Council."

And thus the buildup of more "professionals" continues, though I am sure this group will be well justified. Overall staffing levels, and average costs per member will surely be rising apace.